Healthcare Hygiene Solutions

Dr. Mary Glesner of Georgia-Pacific’s Neenah Technical Center shares how innovative R&D creates hand soaps and sanitizers that protect skin and fight germs.

Proprietary research from GP PRO highlights the critical role of hand washing and drying, common barriers to hand hygiene such as emergency situations and skin irritation, glove use habits, and preferences for hand drying methods and paper towel quality.

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Proprietary research from GP PRO explores if consumers believe hand drying is as important as hand washing when it comes to effectively cleaning their hands and how the ability to do both in a public restroom impacts their perception of a facility.

Proprietary research from GP PRO identifies five unique public restroom behavior personas. Are you a purist who believes in getting in and out or are you an escapist who enjoys a short respite or a few minutes alone?

Proprietary research from GP PRO finds that nearly two-thirds of Americans have witnessed someone behaving badly in public in the last 90 days. And two-thirds of those who specifically witnessed damage to property saw it taking place in public restrooms.

Preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is the top financial priority for the next 12 months for one-quarter of respondents in a recent survey of acute and post-acute healthcare providers conducted by GP PRO. This as 84% of respondents noted that the number of such infections has somewhat or significantly increased since the onset of COVID and 39% say preventing HAIs is worth investing more in than they currently do.

Whether it’s a leaky faucet, a lack of toilet tissue, or a less-than-pleasant odor, it seems customers can always find something to complain about when it comes to public restrooms. But there are steps that can be taken to help avoid or quickly address these issues before they become grievances.

A GP PRO survey into the return-on-investment of smart restroom technology found that two-thirds of property managers and 57% of commercial real estate brokers believe it warrants more than a 3% premium above base rent if it helps ensure consistently clean and well-stocked restrooms.

In a survey of consumer handwashing habits, GP PRO found that the majority of consumers rank killing germs as the most important attribute of the hand soap they use, but they are putting increasing emphasis on the soap also being gentle and moisturizing.

Research shows that healthcare workers know the importance of hand hygiene, but five common barriers prevent many from complying with their facilities’ hand hygiene protocols all of the time. There are several steps infection preventionists can take to help overcome those barriers and improve compliance rates.

Proper hand hygiene in healthcare settings is vital to helping reduce the incidence of cross contamination and healthcare-associated infections, yet compliance with facility protocols among healthcare workers remains consistently low. GP PRO research findings uncover the current rate of complete compliance as well as what barriers to hand hygiene compliance healthcare workers face.

Hand hygiene compliance in healthcare workers can be deterred by a variety of barriers to hand hygiene, according to recent research.* Unfortunately, these inconvenient barriers can limit clinicians’ hand sanitizing opportunities in important moments. The Top 5 list below can be useful for facilities concerned with overcoming barriers to hand hygiene compliance. Read on!

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) remain a critical problem in healthcare facilities across the country and the globe. Since 1972, the Association for Professionals in Infection Prevention and Epidemiology (APIC) has worked to create an organized and systematic approach to reducing and preventing HAIs. Similarly, GP PRO has a long history of developing innovative solutions to help improve hygiene. As an APIC Strategic Partner, GP PRO is now working together with APIC’s 15,000 infection preventionist members, as well as other leaders in the area of infection prevention and control, to help identify and eliminate the barriers to proper hand hygiene that might inadvertently contribute to the incidence of HAIs.

By combining a wearable, work-friendly sanitizing device with real-time, cloud-based reporting and personalized feedback, the SafeHaven® Hand Hygiene Monitoring System from GP PRO helps improve hand hygiene among healthcare professionals. Gulfside Healthcare Services in Tampa, Fla., is the first healthcare provider of its kind to use the system.

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the second most common type of adverse events affecting hospitalized patients. Causes of SSIs can include everything from a patient’s pre-existing health conditions to the surgical technique applied to the cleanliness of surgical suite surfaces. But there are measures that can be taken to repel infectious agents and ensure surgical safety.

The coronavirus pandemic put a spotlight on long-standing issues hospitals and healthcare facilities face in preventing the spread of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). It also provided infection prevention staff an opportunity to take a more active role in selecting infection prevention solutions.

Since the start of COVID, the average number of hand sanitizer units across facility types grew from 23 to more than 40 units per facility, and some of that growth is expected to remain once the pandemic has ended. This according to an April 2021 survey by GP PRO, a leading provider of advanced dispensing solutions for commercial facilities.

When complaint calls come your way, our guess is that much of the time, they involve the restroom. When public restrooms are well maintained, the benefits go beyond reduction of complaints.

Help protect your business from employee—and customer—illnesses with these tips for preventing the spread of influenza.

 Role modeling on hand hygiene and environmental cleanliness within the hospital can empower patients to continue these healthy behaviors in their communities and at home.

Promote better workplace health and safety with 10 great tips to help prevent break room germs from spreading.